'Forty Years Gone': Two Canadian Men Break Down in Tears After Discovering They Were Switched at Birth

Two Canadian men just discovered that they were switched at birth.

Leon Swanson and David Tait Jr., both 41, wept at a press conference on Friday after it was announced that they were raised by different biological mothers, according to CBC News.

"What happened here is lives were stolen," Eric Robinson, a former New Democratic Party member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for Keewatinook told the media. "You can't describe it as anything less than that."

Swanson and Tait were born three days apart at Norway House Indian Hospital in 1975. At the time, the hospital was run by the federal government. This marks the second case of infants at the hospital being switched at birth in 1975, according to the report.



'Forty Years Gone': Two Canadian Men Break Down in Tears After Discovering They Were Switched at Birth| Real People Stories
'Forty Years Gone': Two Canadian Men Break Down in Tears After Discovering They Were Switched at Birth| Real People Stories

Swanson and Tait knew each other and were raised and currently live in the remote community north of Winnipeg. Tait told reporters they are still looking for answers to the fateful switch.

"We don't have words," Tait said. "Forty years gone ... just distraught, confused, angry."